tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post8076022442590901889..comments2024-03-16T04:59:09.172-08:00Comments on Pauline's Pirates & Privateers: History: Medicine and MemoryPaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-72471484026079431042011-04-15T09:29:40.563-08:002011-04-15T09:29:40.563-08:00Why, thanky for the kind words :-) Hilarious when...Why, thanky for the kind words :-) Hilarious when it actually happened [ol' Jack had done an internship in downtown Philly; good guy but not one to be trifled with].<br /><br />Surgeons getting involved in the fray - kinda reminds me of the movie, 12 O'Clock High, where the admin guy and the Chaplain are discovered to have stowed away on a B-17 so that they could take part in the fight :-) Good stuff.Charles L. Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962498097210327570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-87315400311167234582011-04-15T09:21:25.066-08:002011-04-15T09:21:25.066-08:00Ahoy, Charles! I could not agree more. Not only ...Ahoy, Charles! I could not agree more. Not only have surgeons at sea been consistent innovators, but no Army Captain on Earth is going to ask his doctor to handle his cannons. Navy (and I'm guessing privateer) surgeons have been asked on more than one occasion to take the wheel while the battle rages.<br /><br />Great story too!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-55412818639412584382011-04-15T07:54:35.686-08:002011-04-15T07:54:35.686-08:00Navy doctors can be pretty savvy.... on one of my ...Navy doctors can be pretty savvy.... on one of my ships, we got a new doctor. Sick Call his first day was pretty heinous - the line was so long it stretched from Sick Bay down past my office. Maybe 30 sailors, and they all had lower back pain. Jack gave each of them a lower GI inspection. Rubber glove treatment :-) Had to make sure it wasn't a cancerous growth causing that "lower back pain". Word got around pretty quickly.... Next day at Sick Call, there were only three or four sailors in line. None had lower back pain, then or for quite a while after.Charles L. Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962498097210327570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-26604172518157766442011-04-13T07:29:58.479-08:002011-04-13T07:29:58.479-08:00Ahoy, Timmy! I was actually perfectly willing to ...Ahoy, Timmy! I was actually perfectly willing to give the article a pass until the "expert" was quoted as saying that basically nothing happened to the U.S. between the Revolution and the Civil War. *sound of teeth grinding*Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-41957533836946585632011-04-12T22:36:28.960-08:002011-04-12T22:36:28.960-08:00Ahoy, Pauline! It is a shame when historians gloss...Ahoy, Pauline! It is a shame when historians gloss over the contributions of others to needlessly "pump up" the subject of their writings. Thanks for the added perspective and for filling in the gaps that the author should have included, Pirate Queen.Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.com